# Vocabulary Inflation

> Adding a word to the closed vocabulary so a check passes, admitting a synonym, an abbreviation, or a process-name for something already declared.

Record: `lex:vocabulary-inflation`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Structural Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/structural-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-vocabulary-inflation

## category

- [Taxonomy / Classification / Naming](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/taxonomy-classification-naming.md)

## referenced-by

- [Closed Vocabulary](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/closed-vocabulary.md)
- [Agnostic-First Vocabulary](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/agnostic-first-vocabulary.md)